The 2014 Chevy Cruze Diesel and the new Ford C-Max Energi do not directly compete but they do represents two different ways to try to achieve great fuel economy.
The 2014 Chevy Cruze uses a proven and old technology in the form of a turbo diesel engine to to try to squeeze every bit of MPG from a gallon of diesel fuel.
On the other hand the Ford C-Max Energi combines electricity and petroleum to get the greatest possible fuel savings using the latest plug-in hybrid technology.
In another fun and informative TFLcar mashup we see which approach is better.
This is challenge of old tech versus new tech and of course Ford vs Chevy.
In part 1 we test the Chevy to see how well it does both in the city and on the highway.
